Spring-tire.



V. BAUER.

SPRING TIRE.

ATION FILED OCT. 12

Patented June 7, 1910.

: Jazz/Z To'all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT onr VICTOR BAUER, 0F HORTON, KANSAS.

SPRING-TIRE.

Application filed October 12, 1909. Serial No. 522,313.

- Be it known that I, VIc'roR BAUER, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Horton, in the-county of Brownand State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful yet give sufii'cientrigidity to the periphery of the wheel; other and further objects beingmademanifest hereinafter as the description of the invention progresses.

The invention consists in the novel construction and-arrangement ofparts hereinafter described, delineated in the accompanying drawings,and particularly pointed out in that ortion of this instrument whereinpatentab l e novelty is claimed for certain distinctive features of thedevice, it being understood, that, within the scope of. what hereinafterthus is claimed, divers changes in the form, proportions, size, andminor details of the structure may be made, without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Similar. numerals of reference are employed to denote correspondingparts throughout the several figures of the drawmgs.

In the accompanying drawings.Figure 1 shows my invention in sideelevation, parts being broken away better to reveal the structure; Fig.2 is a transverse section upon an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a bottomplan of a portion of the device, parts being broken away; and Fig. 1 isa slde elevation of one of the chain bolts whereby component parts ofthe structure are connected.

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral-l denotes the spokes of thewheel, carrying the felly 2. Mounted upon the felly and secured theretoin any desired manner is a rim 3, the sides of which are upbent, asdenoted by the numeral 1. Extending entirely around the wheel,superposed upon the rim 3, and restrained against lateral movement bymeans of the sides 1 of the is a. plate 5 having along its longitudi-Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June anal center, a series of openings adapted to recewe theinner end of-a helical compression spring 6, the inner end of which isbuttended, as denoted by the numeral 7 or otherwise arranged forengagement between the plate 5 and the rim 3. The wheel is surrounded bya band 8 spaced from the plate 5, and provided along its longitudinalcenter with a series of openings adapted to receive the outer ends ofthe springs 6.

Mounted upon the band 8 is'a tread plate, comprising laterally separablesections 10 and 11, the adjacent edges of which are spaced apart, asdenoted bythe numeral 18, or'the reception of the outer ends of thesprings 6, the outer ends of the springs beingenlarged as denoted by thenumeral 9 to extend laterally uponboth of the sections 10 and 11.Thevedgesof the sections 10 and 11 are curved to form 'outwardlyextending clencher flanges 12, to inclose outstanding ribs 14 upon thetire 15, the tire resting upon the sections 10 and 11, and beingfashioned from hard rubber or the-like. Extending from the rim 3 to theportions 12 of the tread plates, are resilient side plates 17. Chainbolts 16 are extended, at the periphery of the wheel, through the plates17,

through the portions 12" of the sections 10" and 11, through the ribs-14of the tire, and through the body portions of the sections '10 and 11.At their inner ends, and adjacent the felly 2, the bolts 16 are extendedthrough the portions 4 of the rim and through the inner edges of theplates 17.

By referring to Fig. 2 of the drawings, it will be seen that the chainbolts 16 are disposed in decussate relation; that is, when the tire isviewed in transverse section, the chain bolts are so positioned in thetire that they take the form of theletter X.

As indicated in Fig. 2, and as shown most clearly in Fig. 4, the chainbolts 16 comprise end sections 26 and 27, one of which is headed asdenoted by the numeral 29, the other of which is threaded, as denoted bythe numeral 30, to receive the nut 33, both of .the sections 26 and 27terminating in eyes 31, connected by links 28.

From the foregoing, it will be'seen that.

rim beyond the normal position thereof.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a resilient tireof durable construction, adapted for use either upon light vehicles, orupon-the heaviest trucks, or the like.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is v 1. In a device of the class described, arim; a plate surrounding the rim; a compression spring having one endpassing through said plate and engaged between the rim and the plate; atread plate comprising laterally separable sections arranged to engagebetween them the other end of the spring; a tire mounted upon the treadplate and engaged laterally by the sections thereof; and flexible,decussate retaining members extended through the sections, the tire andthe rim.

2, In a device of the class described, a rim; a plate surrounding therim a compression spring having one end passing through said plate andengaged between the plate and the rim; a band provided with an openingto receive the other end of the spring; a tread plate superposed uponthe band and com rising laterally separable sections arrange to engagebetween them the last named end of the spring; a tire laterally engagedby the sections and superposed thereon; resilient side plates connectingthe sections with the rim; and'fiexibleretaining members extended throuh the side plates, the tire, the band, and t e rim.

3. In a device of the class described, a rim; a plate surrounding therim; a compression spring having one end passing through sald plate andengaged between the plate and the rim; a band having an open- 111g toreceive the other end of the spring;

a tread plate comprising laterally separable sections arranged to engagebetween them the last named end of the spring; a tire laterallv engagedby the sections and snperpose thereon; resilient side plates uniting thesections with the rim; and flexible, decussate retaining members eachextended at one end through one of the side plates, a section of thetread plate, and through the band, and at the other end extended throughthe rim and the other of the side plates.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VICTOR BAUER. I

Witnesses: v

F. H. WrLsoN, A. D. INGELS.

